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Topic: NBA playoffs
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April 2025
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April 2023
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Herrington: Grizzlies face — and embrace — battle with history in Los Angeles
“They’re obviously battle-tested way more than we have been,” coach Taylor Jenkins said of the Lakers. “With championship pedigrees and experience. That definitely shows up this time of year, and we’re learning on the fly. Last year, we learned a lot. We carried it over to this season.”
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Opening tip: Grizzlies-Lakers Game 3
Here’s what to look for on and off the court as the Grizzlies take on the Lakers in Game 3 of their NBA playoff series Saturday, April 22, at 9 p.m. CT at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
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Opening tip: Grizzlies-Lakers Game 2
Here’s what to look for on and off the court as the Grizzlies take on the Lakers in Game 2 of their NBA playoff series Wednesday, April 19 at 6:30 p.m. at FedExForum.
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Herrington: From G League to playoffs, Tillman ‘stays ready’
Xavier Tillman started five games in the G League this season. Barring the unexpected, he will start at least five playoff games this spring. One imagines no one else in the NBA, and certainly no one multiple seasons into his pro career, will be able to make such a claim.
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Calkins: How did Memphis win without Ja? Grizzlies doing Grizzly things.
The Grizzlies didn’t have Ja Morant against the Lakers Wednesday. But they had John Konchar. And Xavier Tillman Sr. And a roster of players who did not wish to go quietly into the good night. So now, through sheer force of will, the series is tied at 1-1.
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Grizzlies even series with Lakers as emotions escalate
Xavier Tillman Sr. led all Grizzlies players with 22 points in the win. And, after the game, Dillon Brooks called LeBron James “old.”
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Opening tip: Grizzlies-Lakers Game 1
Here’s what to look for on and off the court as the Grizzlies take on the Lakers in the first game of their playoff series Sunday, April 16.
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Grizzlies Insider: Memphis ‘disappointed,’ ‘p----- off,’ by Game 1 effort
Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins, visibly displeased after the loss, made it known they have a lot of work to do.
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Herrington: Jaren Jackson Jr.'s big night couldn’t save Game 1, but was still big news for the Grizzlies
If most things went poorly for the Grizzlies in their 128-112 Game 1 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the one thing that went the most right has particular meaning for that future: Jaren Jackson Jr.’s game-high 31 points in more than 37 minutes.
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Calkins: Morant says Game 2 ‘in jeopardy.’ Game 1 was a total loss.
The Grizzlies lost the game and they lost Ja Morant. On a no good, very bad day at FedExForum.
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Ja Morant in pain after Grizzlies’ Game 1 loss
The Grizzlies dropped Game 1 to the Lakers on Sunday afternoon, and the status of Ja Morant moving forward is uncertain.
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Box score: Lakers 128, Grizzlies 112
Ja Morant leaves game with hand injury
Playoffs Game 1 halftime report: The Grizzlies have a battle on their hands
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Box score: Lakers 128, Grizzlies 112
NBA box score for Game 1 of the western conference playoff series between the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers played Sunday, April 16, at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Playoffs Game 1 halftime report: The Grizzlies have a battle on their hands
Just 24 minutes of action in, it’s already apparent that Memphis will have a battle on its hands in its opening-round series versus Los Angeles.
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Herrington: The Lakers bring bigger stars to this series, the Grizzlies meet them with more
What will come? The tantalizing truth of a playoff series is that no one can know. But here are a few ways of thinking about it.
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Thanks to Grizzlies’ popularity, playoff tickets aren’t cheap
“We have arrived on the NBA scene,” said Dennis O’Connor, the Grizzlies’ vice president of ticket sales and service. “...We have some superstar players, and we are getting more national recognition than we ever have.
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April 2022
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Grizzlies Insider: Memphis players ask home crowd to be loud
The Grizzlies want to put a complete game together, so they are calling on the home crowd to be loud for a full 48 minutes.
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Grizzlies Insider: Win or lose, expect Sunday hoops in Memphis
We will have basketball in Memphis this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. We just don’t know the opponent yet.
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Grizz coach Taylor Jenkins fined for criticizing officials
“... I’ve never seen a more inconsistent or arrogantly officiated game,” Jenkins said.
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Grizzlies Insider: So what’s up with all these fouls?
There have been 210 fouls called over the four games between the Grizzlies and Timberwolves. So, yes, the games are taking much longer than they typically take. And, yes, there have indeed been more whistles that you are used to hearing.
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Grizzlies Insider: How Memphis shook Jaren Jackson Jr. loose in Game 2
There’s one mission if you’re Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins over the next two days: Make sure to keep 22-year-old Jaren Jackson Jr. as loose as possible.
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Herrington: Thoughts on Grizz vs. Wolves Game 2
In Game 1, Ja Morant was good and Anthony Edwards was better, but that’s not what seemed to determine the outcome. Rather, it was the Grizzlies problem-solving too slowly and too ineffectively in the frontcourt. What will Game 2 bring?
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Grizzlies podcast: Game 2 now critical for Memphis
Where do the Grizzlies go from here? Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss what Memphis will have to change in Game 2.
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Grizzlies Insider: Morant’s Instagram stirs emotion among Grizz, Wolves fans
Ja Morant sure did get Timberwolves and Grizzlies fans fired up for Game 2 when he took to the ’Gram and shared a two-part post.
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Calkins: It’s playoff season in Memphis again. Now how long will it last?
These Grizzlies could win a title; they also could lose in the first round. It’s a postseason like no other in Memphis history. How long will the playoff party last?
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